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Rusty,I'll have to take a look at this more when I get
back home. I'm staying with freinds and using their
computer, which is definitely bandwidth challenged.
I don't like the sounds of the side seal issue, but I
hope it is something simple. I've got about 12 hours
on the engine since overhaul, and don't know why I
would have a side seal issue now, but who knows.
One thing that I forgot to mention.... it only does it
while flying. I ran it on the ground with the cowling
off for a total of 15 minutes or so. Not a drop. That included some full power runs up to about 40 kts
or so.
Maybe the hose location is the issue and has to have
flying speeds ? Don't know. Wishful thinking maybe
Steve
--- Russell Duffy <13brv3@bellsouth.net> wrote:
I didn't run it with it on its' nose, but descending
to land was nose low, but it was a pretty shallow
glide. Nothing different than usual.
Was this maybe the first time it's been overfull?
Maybe I'm using the wrong term. This vent is
located
on the center housing very near the filler tube. I
believe that there was a tube on the engine
originally
that went from it to a port on the filler neck, but
I
very well may be wrong. Attached is a pic of the port I started using when I
removed the filler
neck. Is this the one you're talking about? This
is open to the same area
as the filler neck, so you can use it, or the filler
neck, but don't connect
them together, or you have no vent. >I don't know, but it is near the top of the
cowling.
Originally I didn't have anything hooked to it at
all,
but after hearing about some others have oil
discharge, I hooked up a piece of tubing to it and
ran
That was almost exactly the situation I had. At
first, I had a little PCV
filter directly on the oil filler tube port, and
never saw more than a few
drops of oil collect in it. Once I "wised up", I
put the vent line on, and
ran it to the cowl exit. Over the next few flights
I proceeded to lubricate
the belly and tailwheel. So much for wisdom :-) I now run the yellow hose you see, into a much
larger clear hose, with a
valve on the end. The vent occurs between the two
hoses, and any oil would
collect at the bottom of the clear hose where the
valve is. None ever
collected, well, until I trashed the engine. I can
tell you the vent works
well when you trash the side seals :-(
Cheers,
Rusty
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